https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150481
--- Comment #23 from Munzir Taha <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #22) > > This bug is about setting (and possibly bundling) a > default Arabic, and Farsi fonts. My reply was to this "possibly bundling" but for sure I am with "setting". > For Arabic and for Farsi, what we currently have is just some > afterthought of a default, and this is what this bug is out to improve. I would say treat Frasi and Arabic separately. The styles preferred by each group is different. > Can you share your experience regarding which newer/better-maintained fonts > are available today, which would be a better fit? I realize that you might > not be motivated to do this because of your objection in principle, Not at all. I will be glad to share my opinion. If you need an ordered fallback list of free fonts then Noto Naskh Arabic (modern), Scheherazade New (Classical), Amiri for CTL_TEXT. If the list would include non-free fonts I would add Calibri, Traditional Arabic as first choices. Why Noto Naskh Arabic in first place? diacritics are next to their letters, has 4 styles, has Noto Kufi Arabic pair to go for CTL_HEADING, and UI and DISPLAY variants to go for UI_SANS and CTL_DISPLAY for a consistent look and feel. Amiri font is great and has its uses but not suitable for long running text with diacritics because they are far from letters and aligned in a way that sometimes causes overlap. > Munzir - perhaps you might consider joining the Arabic-language Telegram > channel... I could definitely have used your input before this > recent LOcon on these subjects... I am now in. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
